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Paul Muolo

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New Applications Head South (for Now)

September 30, 2020
Paul Muolo

In other words, unless forced to, originators don’t need to cut rates to gain customers because they’re swamped...


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Short Takes: Passing the $1 Trillion Mark? / No Signs of a True Slowdown / Plain and Simple: Banks Aren’t Aggressive / By the Way... / New Branches for Ohio Lender

September 29, 2020
Paul Muolo

When it comes to mortgages, are commercial banks aggressive enough?


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MBA Blames Dicey Jobs Market for Lack of Forbearance Exits

September 28, 2020
Paul Muolo

According to Black Knight, as of Sept. 22, 3.6 million mortgagors were in some type of relief program.


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Short Takes: Calabria Weighs In on Corporate Culture / 3Q20 GSE Earnings? / The MSR Value Turnaround / A Nice Gain for HECM Lending / Stearns Exec Gets CTO Job at Vendor

September 28, 2020
Dennis Hollier and Paul Muolo

In some cases, shops were selling Ginnie MSRs into a negative position...


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Need Underwriters and Processors? Be Prepared to Pay Up

September 28, 2020
Paul Muolo

When did the salary inflation start? Back in April — when the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated in the U.S....


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Short Takes: In Focus: Big News for Brokers / Investing in Technology / The Rankings / The Readings / An Auction From MIAC

September 25, 2020
Paul Muolo

Fun fact: Among the top 10 wholesalers, not one is a depository…


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Grapevine: All Aboard the IPO Plane / Made in Michigan

September 25, 2020
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

Are some of the nation's largest nonbank home lenders pining to go public as originations toy with record volumes? Rumors abound.


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SitusAMC Strikes a Deal for CMBS Servicer Cohen

September 24, 2020
Paul Muolo
Now may not be the best time to expand in the commercial MBS space, but SitusAMC has bought the assets of Cohen Financial. A contrarian play?
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Raking in the Dough, PFSI Taps the Debt Market

September 24, 2020
Paul Muolo
Another day and another debt offering by a mortgage company. This time around the issuer is PennyMac Financial, a top-ranked Ginnie Mae issuer.
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Short Takes: Batman vs. Superman / One Over the Other? / Mortgages and Basketball / Doing Their Part for Urban Renewal / Angel Oak’s Expansion Plans

September 24, 2020
Paul Muolo and Brandon Ivey

Verus is launching a commercial lending division while Angel Oak expands in the West...


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